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TAMPA THEATER REVIEWS

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Review: TAMPA METROPOLITAN IMPROV (TMI) at The Studio At Carrollwood Cultural Center

Review: TAMPA METROPOLITAN IMPROV (TMI) at The Studio At Carrollwood Cultural Center

by Deborah Bostock-Kelley — June 21, 2025
Tampa Metropolitan Improv*'s debut was a sharp, high-energy triumph filled with quick wit, strong ensemble chemistry, and nonstop laughs. The cast delivered a tightly paced, joyfully unpredictable show that left the audience thoroughly entertained and eager for more—a bold and confident start for ...
Review: MURDERERS Presented at the Tampa Fringe Festival

Review: MURDERERS Presented at the Tampa Fringe Festival

by Peter Nason — June 15, 2025
Intense, frustrating, harrowing...and all based on true-life murders....
Review: RED HOT PATRIOT – THE KICK-*SS WIT OF MOLLY IVINS at TheatreFor

Review: RED HOT PATRIOT – THE KICK-*SS WIT OF MOLLY IVINS at TheatreFor

by Deborah Bostock-Kelley — June 14, 2025
One-woman triumph. I was completely captivated by Samantha Marti Parisi’s beautiful portrayal of Molly Ivins in Red Hot Patriot. She didn’t just perform the role—she embodied it, delivering every line with razor-sharp wit and unmistakable heart....
Review: PUP PLAY: A QUEER PSEUDO-LECTURE (OF SORTS) at the Tampa Fringe

Review: PUP PLAY: A QUEER PSEUDO-LECTURE (OF SORTS) at the Tampa Fringe

by Peter Nason — June 14, 2025
Pup Play: A Queer Pseudo-Lecture (Of Sorts), the award-winning brain child of the immeasurably talented Noah Pantano, is maybe the fringiest Fringe play I’ve seen. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll bark like a dog!...
Review: JAMES IJAMES FAT HAM at American Stage

Review: JAMES IJAMES FAT HAM at American Stage

by Drew Eberhard — June 9, 2025
Fat Ham is a dramatic play, and a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. James IJames play received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for 5 Tony Awards, including Best Play....
Review: MAD Theatre of Tampa AIDA at the Shimberg Playhouse

Review: MAD Theatre of Tampa AIDA at the Shimberg Playhouse

by Peter Nason — June 8, 2025
Everyone has a favorite Elton John song.  Ask anyone and they probably won’t even hesitate to tell you their selection:  Maybe “Tiny Dancer,” a song impossible not to sing along with in your own version of carpool karaoke? ...
Review: Corbett Prep's High School Summer Theatre Presents HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION

Review: Corbett Prep's High School Summer Theatre Presents HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION

by Peter Nason — June 5, 2025
Before seeing a stunning youth production of Hadestown at Corbett Prep’s Farish Speakeasy, I ran into a friend standing in line.  “Hadestown is my all-time favorite musical, “ she told me....
Review: SHUCKED at Straz Center – A Bushel of Laughs and Broadway Brilliance

Review: SHUCKED at Straz Center – A Bushel of Laughs and Broadway Brilliance

by Deborah Bostock-Kelley — June 4, 2025
I had no idea what to expect, but Shucked was a golden ear of comedy, wrapped in clever writing, helmed by powerhouse vocals, and buttered with some of the funniest deadpanned quips you’ll hear on stage this season....
Review: 9 TO 5 Takes Center Stage at Carrollwood Players Theatre

Review: 9 TO 5 Takes Center Stage at Carrollwood Players Theatre

by Drew Eberhard — May 31, 2025
9 to 5: The Musical is a stage adaptation of the 1980 film of the same name, featuring music and lyrics by Dolly Parton. This outlandish musical comedy features a book by Patricia Resnick, and is based on the screenplay by Resnick and Colin Higgins....
Review: Arts in Motion's Production of Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID

Review: Arts in Motion's Production of Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID

by Peter Nason — May 20, 2025
Ever since watching the 1989 animated film, The LIttle Mermaid, I have always had a problem with the character of Ariel.  To me, she is the weakest of all Disney princesses.  In Beauty and the Beast, Belle is book smart and strong-willed, denying the advances of the good-looking Gaston. ...
Review: THE UNAUTHORIZED SHAKESPEAREAN PARODY OF GHOSTBUSTER at Carrollwood Cultural

Review: THE UNAUTHORIZED SHAKESPEAREAN PARODY OF GHOSTBUSTER at Carrollwood Cultural Center

by Deborah Bostock-Kelley — May 18, 2025
The halls of Carrollwood did ring with laughter. It was a reminder that whether thou art noble or nerd, there’s always room for poetry—and proton packs....
Review: Lerner and Loewe's MY FAIR LADY at the Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre

Review: Lerner and Loewe's MY FAIR LADY at the Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre

by Peter Nason — May 17, 2025
A truly lover-ly production! I know certain Broadway aficionados point to it as the tops of the top, the pinnacle, the one where the musical theatre gods were shining during its creation....
Review: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, A POWERFUL MESSAGE OF HOPE at ThinkTank Theatre

Review: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD, A POWERFUL MESSAGE OF HOPE at ThinkTank Theatre

by Drew Eberhard — May 12, 2025
Songs For A New World is a musical theater work often considered a song cycle with music and lyrics written and composed by Jason Robert Brown. Originally produced off-Broadway at the WPA Theatre in 1995, this is Brown’s first produced work. Director of the 1995 premiere Daisy Prince said this abo...
Review: THE BUTTERFLY’S EVIL SPELL at JOBSITE THEATER

Review: THE BUTTERFLY’S EVIL SPELL at JOBSITE THEATER

by Drew Eberhard — May 12, 2025
The Butterfly’s Evil Spell was the first play written by twentieth-century playwright and poet Federico Garcia Lorca. Drawing much of its inspiration from the works of Yeats and Maeterlinck, the plot of Lorca’s play deals with the journey of an injured butterfly who is temporarily stranded among...
Review: The Manatee Players Present EVITA by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

Review: The Manatee Players Present EVITA by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

by Peter Nason — May 11, 2025
I thought everyone had heard of Evita, a show that I consider Andrew Lloyd Webber’s finest work.  But in the lobby of the Manatee Performing Arts Center, just before the Saturday night performance of Evita began, a middle-aged couple walked up to me....
Review: Hannah Benitez's Hilarious FOR CLOSURE at freeFall

Review: Hannah Benitez's Hilarious FOR CLOSURE at freeFall

by Peter Nason — May 10, 2025
In our tightknit theatre community, word of mouth matters most. Local shows live and breathe on it. Some shows can sell themselves—especially big musicals with falling chandeliers or anti-Nazi von Trapp singers....
Review: MORNINGSIDE IS BRIDESMAIDS MEETS STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Stageworks Theatre

Review: MORNINGSIDE IS BRIDESMAIDS MEETS STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Stageworks Theatre

by Deborah Bostock-Kelley — May 5, 2025
Morningside is a smart, funny, and unexpectedly impactful piece, brought to vivid life by an incredible cast and direction that understands the delicate balance between laughter and truth....
Review: KINKY BOOTS Struts its Stuff at Eight O'Clock Theatre

Review: KINKY BOOTS Struts its Stuff at Eight O'Clock Theatre

by Drew Eberhard — May 4, 2025
Based on the 2005 British film of the same name, the musical features music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper, and a book by Harvey Fierstein. Mostly inspired by true events, the musical tells the story of Charlie Price, a man who is down on his luck and has just inherited a failing shoe factory from his f...
Review: AMAZE at Straz Center

Review: AMAZE at Straz Center

by Deborah Bostock-Kelley — May 3, 2025
Jamie Allan made me believe magic is real. For two hours on a Friday night, I escaped this crazy, hectic life, left adult reality behind and stepped back into the world of childhood make believe at Amaze at Straz with magician extraordinare Jamie Allan. ...
Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE MUSICAL ELECTRIFIES AT STRAZ CENTER at Straz Center

Review: BACK TO THE FUTURE MUSICAL ELECTRIFIES AT STRAZ CENTER at Straz Center

by Deborah Bostock-Kelley — May 1, 2025
Back to the Future at the Straz wasn’t just a performance but a phenomenon. It was a collision of story, skill, and science fiction that made the impossible feel intimate....
Review: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at TampaRep

Review: THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY at TampaRep

by Drew Eberhard — April 20, 2025
“There are songs that come free from the blue-eyed grass, from the dust of a thousand country roads. This is one of them.” These are the first words stemming from the first line of the Foreword in Robert James Waller’s sweeping tale of love, passion, and the ability to see another, as if you h...
Review: SIX! THE MUSICAL SHINES BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND at Center Stage Youth Theatre

Review: SIX! THE MUSICAL SHINES BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND at Center Stage Youth Theatre

by Drew Eberhard — April 9, 2025
With book, music, and lyrics by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, SIX is a modern retelling of the lives of the six wives of Henry VIII. The show is performed in a pop concert style, with each performer singing about their time with Henry and battling it out to see who suffered more, and can become the gro...
Review: DISNEY'S THE LION KING at the Straz Center

Review: DISNEY'S THE LION KING at the Straz Center

by Deborah Bostock-Kelley — April 7, 2025
Visually stunning, vocally flawless, and emotionally resonant, it reminds us why this story continues to capture hearts across generations....
Review: Sara Bareilles' WAITRESS at the Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre

Review: Sara Bareilles' WAITRESS at the Suncoast Broadway Dinner Theatre

by Peter Nason — April 6, 2025
One character calls Jenna's pies 'Biblically good,' and you could say the same thing about the show....
Review: SONDHEIM’S MASTERPIECE COMES TO LIFE WITH INTO THE WOODS at New Tampa Playe

Review: SONDHEIM’S MASTERPIECE COMES TO LIFE WITH INTO THE WOODS at New Tampa Players

by Drew Eberhard — March 31, 2025
Into the Woods is a Tony Award-winning 1986 Musical written by Stephen Sondheim (Music/Lyrics) and James Lapine (Book), marking their second collaboration following Sunday in the Park with George (1984). Into the Woods premiered in 1986 at San Diego’s Old Globe Theatre and then was followed by a ...
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